Clothes-washer.



M. J. MURPHY. A CLOTHES WASHER. APPLICATION FILED JULY I3, 1912.

1,062,658. Patented May 27, 1913.

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Maurice Muff/v? Witwen/wo COLUMBIA PLANouR/IPH co., WASHINGTON, u4 c,

M. J. MURPHY. CLOTHES WASHER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1912,

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MAURICE J'. MURPHY, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 27, 1913.

Application filed July 13, 1912. Serial No. 709,124.

T0 all whom, t may concern Be it known that I, MAURICE J. MURPHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia. and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Glothes-I'Vashers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clot-hes washers, the object of the invention being to provide a simple inexpensive device adapted to be inserted in a wash boiler which will compel a circulation of water and steam to thoroughly wash the clothes.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is capable of adjustment in accordance with the size of the wash boiler and the level of water therein.

lith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel fea-tures of construction and combinations and ar' rangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation through a wash `boiler illustrating my improved device in section in the boiler. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a View in vertical sect-ion on an enlarged scale through the upper portion of the device. Fig. t is a view.

similar to Fig. 3 taken at right angles thereto. Fig. 5 is a view in elevation illustrating a modification in which the device is shown in a boiler. Fig. 6 is a view in longitudinal section of the modification shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a view in vertical section on an enlarged scale through the upper portion of the device shown in Fig. 6 taken at right angles thereto, and Fig. 8 is a plan view of the modification on an enlarged scale.

1 represents a wash boiler of any ordina-ry type, and 2 is the base portion of my improved device. The base portion 2 is of truncated conical form. It is provided at its lower edge with a cylindrical perforated apron 3, and above the apron with a horizontal ring 4 which is fixed to a center tube 5. The side walls of the body portion 2 are extended down, so that they form an annular shoulder 2a which prevents any possibility'of the clothes or other articles closing the openings in the apron 3.

The ring 4, tube 5, and the outer wall of the conical base constitute an annular chamber which is filled with sand or other similar material 6 which gives to the base a f' sufficient weight and stability to maintain it in proper position on the bottom of the boil-er, and resist the action of the boiling water which might tend to overturn the same. The center tube 5 acts as a guide for a telescoping tube 7. This tube 7 fits snugly wit-hin tube 5, yet is capable of vertical adjustment to accommodate the device to various levels of water, and various sizes of boiler. The tube 7 is provided with an annular shoulder 8 .which engages the upper end of base 2, and limits the downward movement of tub-e 7 yet it is capable of an upward movement for a considerable distance without dis-engagement from the base. The upper end of tube 7 is closed by a cap 9, and below the cap, at opposite sides, the tube is provided with elliptical registering openings 10 for the accommodation of elliptical pipes 11 and 12 respectively.

The pipe 11 is of appreciably greater length than pipe 12, and is designed to be positioned longitudinally of the boiler. This pipe 11 extends entirely through tube 7, but its lower portion is cutout, so that it allows a free entrance of water and steam from tube 7 into bot-h ends of pipe 11. This pipe 11 has closed ends 13, but is provided with perforations 14 in its sides, so that the water and steam are deflected through these perforat-ions 14 as will hereinafter appear.

.The pipe 12 is disposed in a slightly lower plane than pipe 11, and this tube is also cut out on its under face so, as not to interfere with the entrance of the water and the steam into both ends of the tube. The pipe 12 is preferably provided with openings so that the water and steam are discharged through the ends of this pipe. These pipes may be so positioned that they can be removed which will allow the device to be shipped in a small space. The cap 9 is also removable from tube 7, and the tube ,7 can be drawn out of the base 2, so that the several parts can be packed in a relatively 'small box for shipment. Furthermore, the employment of solder is dispensed with, as this would melt in the excessive heat to which such a device is subjected.

In operation, the device is placed in t-he boiler as shown in Fig. 1, and as soon as the water begins to boil, the water and steam fall back into the boiler, and as this is the coolest water, it Will descend immediately to the bottom, and hence there will be maintained a continuous circulation through'the Clothes or other articles to thoroughly clean them. By forming the pipes 11 and 12 elliptical in cross section, and providing the openings in the sides of pipe 11, the Water is distributed throughout the Widest possible area in the upper portion of the boiler, so that the circulation is maintained throughout the greatest possible area in the boiler.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8, the body 2 and tube 7 are precisely like thev body 2 and tube 7 of the preferred form with the exception that in this modification the perforated apron 3 is .joined to the body in a somewhat lower plane. The top of the tube 7 is closed by a cap 9a and below the cap at opposite sides openings 15 are provided through which the Water and steam escapes. At diametrically opposite points inthe upper end of tube 7, openings 16 are provided and register with pipes 17. These pipes 17 are fiat` tened at their free ends, so that While they are of circular form at their point of june` ture with tube 7 they increase in Width and decrease in thickness to their free ends, sc that they form nozzles With extended outlets, whereby the steam and Water will be directed over a Wide area. The operation of this modification is precisely like the preferred forni, and various other slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described Without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details ,n n' set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such lchanges and alterations vasfairly fall'within the spirit and scope yof the ap-Y pended claim. l;

Having thus described my'inventiom what I claim as ne7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described, con

prising a base having perforated side Walls, a vertical tube telescoping in the base and adjustable therein, discharge pipes projected through the upper ends of the tube at right angles to each other, said pipes Within the tubes having their bottom portions cut away, a cap on said tube, one of said pipes appreciably longer than the other, said longer pipe having closed ends, and perforations in its side Walls, both of said pipes being elliptical in cross section, and removably positioned Within the tube, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my lname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MAURICE J. MURPHY. Titnesses R. H. KRENKEL, CHARLES E. Po'rTs.

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